Northern Inyo Hospital

April 21, 2010

Northern Inyo Hospital is a small 25-bed critical access
not-for-profit district hospital in scenic Bishop, California.
Accredited by the Joint Commission, Northern Inyo Hospital has
been providing high quality healthcare in the Eastern Sierra
since 1946. Northern Inyo Hospital is a full service critical
access hospital including 24-hour emergency care services.

Northern Inyo County Local Hospital District was the very first
hospital district created in the state. Board members of the old
“Bishop Community Hospital” were instrumental in securing passage
of the necessary legislative authority to form such districts.

Northern Inyo Hospital, in its present location, was completed
and began caring for people in 1949. Growth in the communities
and in recreational activities brought more people seeking
medical help.

An addition was built in 1968, encompassing the lobby, patient
rooms, two operating rooms, labor and delivery rooms, emergency
treatment facilities and new areas for x-ray, laboratory and
pharmacy.

In 1981, advances in critical care medicine were met with the
opening of the new ICU/CCU wing.

Presently, the hospital is in the midst of another building
project to continue the high quality of health care services
provided locally, to conform with earthquake safety standards,
expand the range of emergency care services, upgrade medical
technology and facilities, and improve the outpatient services
including radiology and surgery.